is this the way you treat your parents when they are old ?

it is an alarming situation we are going to face in our country with all time low dgradation of values in my country . i used to hear but the situation is so grave i really did not know. just sharing this story with you i am shell shocked ..but well then every body has the right to live with dignity in the wee years of your life so i say that it is better for those to be wise where this kind of situation can crop up in life ...

kusum a woman was taken by her son to Gaziabaad and was abodoned on the highway by her only son and she was rescued by the locals and was put in a old age home . after lot of reluctance she spoke about her son who was contacted by the authorities ..refused to take her back home . though he pressurised her and got the home in his name .

another lady uma was beaten and bruised by her relatives , robbed her of her cash and gold , was thrown in front of the orphanage ...as the term used these days is "old orphans "

Kusum and Uma are just two of the millions of elderly people with uncaring family members who take their limited riches before throwing them out of their homes.

A report by HelpAge India, a voluntary organisation working for abandoned and needy elderly people, reveals some shocking statistics. According to the report, one in three senior citizens is a victim of abuse in India.

Some of the abuses we found are as brutal as severe beating of elderly people by their own sons, daughters and daughters-in-law,” states the 2012 report. It also says that in more than 50 per cent of abuse cases, the perpetrators are family members, with the son being the primary abuser in over 56 per cent of cases, followed by daughters in 23 per cent of cases. The most common reason for the abuse is property related.

Stories about mistreatment of the elderly can be truly horrifying. A few years ago, there were reports in the Indian media about how police caught a man striking a deal with doctors and an organ-transplant broker to sell his unsuspecting father’s kidney, first taking him to hospital for a ‘check-up’ and then telling him he needed an operation. Doctors say such practices are commonplace.

Rampant physical abuse

According to an activist and charity worker, “All senior citizens we spoke to in Delhi said they had been verbally abused, while 33 per cent confided they had been physically abused – often beaten and tied to chairs.”

Last year, in the southern city of Hyderabad, the well-off family of a 75-year-old cancer patient decided to burn her alive at a crematorium because they did not want to pay for further treatment. She was saved when the crematorium staff noticed her stir and called police.

Elderly parents being abused and abandoned is not just an urban phenomenon. In rural India, the family system is eroding, with the younger generation increasingly heading off to cities with their spouses and their children to start a new life – without their parents or grandparents.

According to a 2012 survey by HelpAge India, less than 40 per cent of Indians now live with extended family. While Delhi has the highest number of senior citizens who own property, over the years they become meek and dependent on their children. And that is generally when problems arise.

Mala Gupta* is one woman who is seeking redress under this law. After her husband Rajesh* passed away in 2010, she was confined to a single room in her own home by her son and his family who occupied the rest of the house. She was also being tortured by her son and his wife who wanted her to transfer ownership of the house and the land to his name.

well , what kind of generation we are having who are ready to do shraad of their parents while they are still alive .

one thing just remember what you are doing today going to have it tomarrow . even if there is difference of opinion at least be kind and generous to helpless weak people who has brought you and shown you this beautiful word ..i am really shocked though i had seen few cases but the number would be so much with brutality even so worst ..it is high time that people start taking some action about themselves being realstic in life .